Amazon – Amazon to open pop-up COVID-19 vaccine clinic in Seattle headquarters
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Amazon Inc mentioned on Thursday it would open a pop-up clinic in its Seattle headquarters on Jan. 24 with an purpose to vaccinate 2,000 eligible members of the general public in opposition to COVID-19 on the primary day.
FILE PHOTO: The emblem of Amazon is seen on the firm logistics middle in Lauwin-Planque, northern France, February 20, 2017. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol
REUTERS: Amazon Inc mentioned on Thursday it would open a pop-up clinic in its Seattle headquarters on Jan. 24 with an purpose to vaccinate 2,000 eligible members of the general public in opposition to COVID-19 on the primary day.
Amazon Senior Vice President of International Company Affairs Jay Carney, who introduced the plan in a information convention with Washington Governor Jay Inslee, mentioned an organization government will probably be working with Washington State’s Vaccine Command Heart.
The clinic will probably be hosted in partnership with Virginia Mason Franciscan Well being.
The transfer got here a day after Reuters reported that Amazon had provided to assist with the USA’ efforts involving the COVID-19 vaccine, citing a letter addressed to President Joe Biden.
The State at the moment permits individuals aged 65 and older and individuals 50 and older dwelling in a multi-generational family to get vaccinated. It has but to grant doses for the vaccination of warehouse workers, reminiscent of Amazon‘s.
The corporate employs greater than 800,000 individuals within the nation and greater than 19,000 U.S. employees at Amazon had contracted the virus as of September, underscoring the vaccine’s significance in retaining its employees secure and warehouses operational.
(Reporting by Maria Ponnezhath in Bengaluru; Enhancing by Arun Koyyur)
